Improvement in gates



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Letters Patent No. 93,977, dated August 24, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all 'whom it rmay concern Be it known that I, STEPHEN. ELLIOTT, of Richmond, in the county oi'VVayne, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and 'useful Improvement in Farin- Gates; and that the following is a full', clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this speciiication, the different parts being designated by different letters.

Figure l is a front elevation of my improved gate, showing the spring for closing the same, and the latch for holding it in its open position;

Figure 2 is an end elevation, showing the levers and ropes and chains for opening thegate when closed, and for liberatingthe latch, for allowing the same to be closed by the action of the spring; and

Figure 3 is a plan or top view of the same.

This invention relates to farm-gates; and

It consists in a jointed rod, in connection with a spiral spring, which is to be attached to the gate, for the purpose of closing the same after it has been opened for the .passage of a vehicle, or for any other purpose.

lhe invention further consists in the combination and arrangement ol' the posts for opening and closing the gate, as will be more fully described hereafter.

A A represent the posts of the gate, which may be of any desired form,'and be placed at any desired distance apart, so as to admit between them a gate of the desired length.

B B' represent vtwo posts, which are to be set inv the ground, or otherwise secured in position, at a disv tance from the gate-posts sulicient to admit of a person seated in a wagon or carriage operating the levers connected therewith, without-leaving suclr vehicle.

C represents a gate, which may be' of any desired construction, and suspended upon one of the posts, A or A', in any suitable manner, and caused to swing back or open upon a lline parallel with a line drawn through the posts B B.

D represents alatchxor catch, which is to-be pivoted to a post, D', toA be provided for that purpose, as shown in iig. 3 of the drawings. The office of this latch'is to receive the gate in its open position, for whiclrpurpose it is made to hook over or. upon one of the horizontal bars of such gate, into. which position-it falls by its own gravity when the gate is swung open.

E represents a jointed rod, which is to be secured to one of the horizontal bars of the gate, thejoint in which is to be near such bar, for the purpose of enabling it to be turned at an acute angle with such bar,

which position it assumes when the gate is closed, while, when the gate is in its open position, it assumes a direction nearly of a right angle to such bar.I This jointed rod is to be surrounded with a spiral spring, E, one end of which is to rest upon the bar ofthe gate, while the opposite end is to bear against the guide-arm F, as a consequence of which, when the gate is swung open, said spring will bc contracted to such an extent as that when the gate is permitted to close, by raising the latch, the spring will carry the gate to its closed position with rapidity and eerv tainty.

F represents au arm, which is to be secured to the post to which the gate is suspended, and in such a position as to permit the jointed rod to pass through its outer end, it forming a guide for said rod, and also an abutment for'the spring to press against when the gate is being opened and closed.

G G represent levers, which are pivoted to the posts B B', for the purposeof enabling the operator to open and close the gate, as above described. t

H represents a roller, which is heldin its place by the-bracket K, the roller being the guide to the ropes or drum which lead from the lever G G to the gate. lhe arrangement of this roller and ot the ropes upon it is clearly shown in iig. 2 of the drawings. I Y

I l1 represent cords, ropes, or chains,`whieh lead from the upper position of lever G G to and through the latch, and from thence to the posts B B', to which their opposite ends'are secured. It will be seen that the arrangement of these ropes is suc-l1 that if the upper ends of levers G Gr' be pressed outward or away from the gate, the latch D will be raised from its hold upon the gate, andthe spring will instantly close'the same.

l2 l2 represent cords or ropes, which extend from the lowerends of the levers G G to and around the roller Hpand from thence to the lower bar of the gate, as it may be, to any one of' the vertical rods or'slats to which 'their opposite ends are secured, the arrangement being such that as the upper ends of such levers are pressed inward, or toward the gate, it will be forced into its open position, in which it will remain secured by the latch D"until the vehicle has passed through, when, by manipulating the opposite lever, as above described, the latch l) will be raised, and the spring will' at once close the frate. a K represents the bracket above referred to, which is attached to the post A, and whichreceives in its outer bifurcated end the roller H, around which the .ropes for opening the gate pass.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat# and latch D, substantially as and for the purpose ent, is*- speeied.

1. The jointed rod E, in combination with the In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to gate C, guide-arm F, and spring E', substantially as this specification, in the presence of two subscribing shown and described. witnesses.

2. The combination and arrangement of the gate t STEPHEN ELLIOTT. VO, the ropes or chains I2, roller H, and levers G, sub- Witnesses:

stantally as and furthev purpose specified. D. P. HOLLOWAY, 3. The arrangement of the levers G G', ropes'I Il, C. F.- OLAUSEN.` 

